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Next week, the European Commission will hold a workshop to explore how platforms and search engines mitigate systemic risks under the #DSA, MLex has learned. More details below: mlex.com/mlex/data-priv…

The commission has informed the GDPR Multistakeholder Group of its intention to amend Article 30(5) to lighten the burden and align with its broader regulatory simplification goals under its Competitiveness Compass initiative. More below on MLex: mlex.com/mlex/data-priv…

The draft Council document, seen by MLex and dated May 5, emphasizes the need for digital platform providers to assume greater responsibility for their design and hosted content, aligning with the EU's Digital Services Act. More below: content.mlex.com/#/content/1646…

A new compromise text on a draft EU law to prevent and combat child sexual abuse material, seen by MLex, introduces changes in risk mitigation, new obligations for coordinating authorities, and adjustments for providers regarding CSAM detection. mlex.com/mlex/articles/…

Pornhub, designated as a #VLOP under the #DSA, will delete all content that lacks the necessary performer ID and consent verification by June 30. More on MLex below: mlex.com/mlex/data-priv…

A Belgian court today upheld a decision and a fine of 250,000 euros against IAB Europe for violating EU data protection rules. More below on MLex w/ Matthew Newman: mlex.com/mlex/data-priv…

Germany’s court-ordered blocks of Pornhub and YouPorn over missing age-verification measures highlight growing regulatory pressure on adult platforms — and test the limits of enforcement under the EU’s Digital Services Act. More below on MLex: mlex.com/mlex/data-priv…

The apparently final version of a future EU cybersecurity crisis response blueprint underscores a more defined role for the IPCR, increased coordination with NATO, and enhanced information-sharing protocols among EU bodies and MS. More on MLex: mlex.com/mlex/data-priv…

In a parliamentary committee report published today, EU lawmakers urged the bloc's executive to propose new rules targeting online harm to minors. More below on MLex: mlex.com/mlex/data-priv…

Small mid-caps with fewer than 750 employees will no longer be required to maintain records of personal data processing activities in low-risk cases, under proposed changes to the EU’s data protection rules. More below on MLex w/ Matthew Newman: mlex.com/mlex/technolog…

IAB Europe saw a Belgian court uphold a fine last week for breaching EU data protection rules, confirming its role as a joint controller of consent data collected via TCF. But views differ on whether the framework is illegal. More below on MLex: mlex.com/mlex/data-priv…

The Commission has launched formal investigations into 4 porn platforms over suspected violations of the DSA, concerning inadequate age-verification systems and insufficient safeguards to prevent minors from accessing their content. More on MLex: mlex.com/mlex/data-priv…

In a joint letter seen by MLex, the ODS Network urged DSCs to help close an “information gap” between enforcement actions of online platforms and users’ access to independent remedies. More below: mlex.com/mlex/articles/…

XVideos said that proposed EU rules requiring site-level age verification for adult content would “destroy” its platform, arguing that such measures are unworkable and would drive users to less regulated alternatives. More below on MLex: mlex.com/mlex/data-priv…

In this #PrivacyEspresso episode, MLex's Matthew Newman speaks with Ruben Roex, Partner at Timelex , about the Brussels Court ruling that upheld a €250,000 fine against #IAB Europe over its Transparency and Consent Framework. youtu.be/tX_uV3A7Oyc?si…

France has suggested that the European Commission put forward a new text to replace its controversial proposal for preventing and combating CSAM, MLex has learned. More below: mlex.com/mlex/data-priv…

The 🇵🇱 Presidency has called on the EC to extend a temporary exemption to privacy rules and avoid a legal gap that allows messaging platforms to voluntarily detect CSAM, amid ongoing deadlock over a permanent legal framework. More on MLex: mlex.com/mlex/data-priv…

France, Hungary, and Ireland have joined Poland in backing an extension of a measure to allow messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal to continue voluntarily monitoring and reporting CSAM, beyond April 2026, MLex has learned. More below: mlex.com/mlex/articles/…

Online platforms and AI companies with systems designed or adapted primarily for child sexual abuse could face new criminal liability under a stance agreed by EU lawmakers today on overhauling an EU directive from 2011. More on MLex: mlex.com/mlex/artificia…

❗The Commission is exploring bold policy options for the upcoming Digital Fairness Act: opt-outs from personalized ads, bans on specific dark patterns, mandatory age checks & default-off addictive features. W/ Júlia Tar mlex.com/mlex/articles/…